How to understand language : a philosophical inquiry /
Why are philosophers, as opposed to, say, linguists and psychologists, puzzled by language? How should we attempt to shed philosophical light on the phenomenon of language? ""How to Understand Language"" frames its discussion by these two questions. The book begins by thinking ab...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Durham :
Acumen,
2010.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Why are philosophers, as opposed to, say, linguists and psychologists, puzzled by language? How should we attempt to shed philosophical light on the phenomenon of language? ""How to Understand Language"" frames its discussion by these two questions. The book begins by thinking about the reasons that language is hard to understand from a philosophical point of view and, armed with the fruits of that discussion, begins searching for an approach to these questions. After finding fault with approaches based on philosophical analysis and on translation it undertakes an extended investigation of the. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 271 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781844654468 184465446X 9781317492290 1317492293 |
